China’s Search for Cultural and National Identity from the 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Century to the Present

Meissner, Werner

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“…On account of its long historical presence and role of structuration of Chinese society, Confucianism was favored by many to represent Chineseness. Attempts were even made to set up Confucianism as the exclusive national religion (Duara ; Goossaert and Palmer ; Jensen ; Meissner ). The New Life Movement sponsored by Chiang Kai‐shek's Republican government (1934–1949) sought to rehabilitate Confucian values and moral standards and inculcate them in people's everyday life on the grounds that Confucianism embodied Chinese national essence (Duara ).…”

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“…In recent decades, the Chinese government has made political use of traditional culture and religions to lend legitimacy to the regime and to reinforce the stability of the country and its social cohesion through incorporating selective religious values and ideas into Chinese national identity (Billioud and Storey ; Meissner ; Sun ; Wu ). The possibility of Confucianism as constitutive of Chinese national identity has several sources of support.…”

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“…Second, the Chinese government has articulately promoted the renaissance of Confucianism in its effort to rewrite China's history and find anchorage for legitimation of its rule (Billioud and Storey ; Meissner ; Wu ). Confucian worshipping ceremonies held under the auspices of central and various local Chinese governments have related Confucian ideas and values to Chinese national essence (Sun ).…”

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“…Meanwhile, much has happened in the heartland of Mainland China that might have made people accustomed to relating religion to national identity in this rapidly modernizing country. The postsocialist party‐state has downplayed communist ideology and resorted to traditional Chinese culture as symbolic resources for legitimacy and national solidarity (Meissner ; Potter ; Wu ). Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism are redeemed—albeit not without caution on the part of the Chinese government—as essential elements of the Chinese cultural tradition and constitutive of the Chinese identity (Billioud and Thoraval ; Ji ; Meissner ; Sun ; Wu ).…”

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Contesting Chineseness: An Examination of Religion and National Identity in Mainland China

Jun

Gao

2018

Scientific Study of Religion

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For citizens of many countries around the world, religion is a necessary—though often contested—component of their national identity. From the vantage point of the symbolic boundaries approach, we argue that the Chinese government and various other social actors are in contestation to define “Chineseness” in religious terms. Using data from the 2007 Spiritual Life Study of Chinese Residents, this study explores the extent to which religion functions as a constitutive part of Chinese national identity. We find that the effectiveness of the Chinese government's demarcation of the symbolic boundaries around Chineseness related to religion varies across religious groups. Believers of each religion are likely to be strong advocates for their own religion's connection to Chinese national identity. Among the religions, traditional Chinese religions tend to demonstrate a stronger affinity with one another than with Christianity. Daoists are a particularly strong contestant in aligning Daoism with Chineseness, to the extent that they discredit the other religions’ suitability for the Chinese. We discuss the implications of these findings and point out directions for future research.

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Contesting Chineseness: An Examination of Religion and National Identity in Mainland China

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2018

Scientific Study of Religion

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“…23 As relações são conturbadas devido ao Japão ter sido o primeiro país a romper com o sistema sinocêntrico tributário 24 e, principalmente, divido as duas guerras sino-japonesas. 25 A guerra trouxe cicatrizes que ainda não foram curadas, posto que é constantemente relembrado pelo governo chinês a humilhação que a China vivenciou de potências estrangeiras no século XIX e XX (Meissner 2006 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015). Nos livros são constantemente tratados os treinamentos militares, capacidades e gastos de defesa.…”

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O poder militar do Sol Nascente: o Japão, a militarização e o entorno regional

Oliveira

2018

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Transnational queer sociological analysis of sexual identity and civic‐political activism in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China

Kong

2019

British Journal of Sociology

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The sociology of homosexuality lacks engagement with queer theory and postcolonialism and focuses primarily on the global metropoles, thus failing to provide a plausible account of non‐Western non‐normative sexual identities. This research adopts the author’s newly proposed transnational queer sociology to address these deficiencies. First, it critiques the Western model of sexual identity predominantly employed to elucidate non‐Western, non‐normative sexualities. It does so by examining not only the queer flows between West and non‐West but also those among and within non‐Western contexts to produce translocally shared and mutually referenced experiences. Second, the proposed approach combines sociology with queer theory by emphasizing the significant role of material, as well as discursive, analyses in shaping queer identities, desires and practices. This article employs the approach to examine young gay male identities, as revealed in 90 in‐depth interviews conducted in Hong Kong (n = 30), Taiwan (Taipei, n = 30) and mainland China (Shanghai, n = 30) between 2017 and 2019. More specifically, it highlights the interplay between the state and identity by investigating the intersection and intertwining effects of these young men’s sexual and cultural/national identities, revealing three different forms of civic‐political activism. The article both demonstrates the way in which sexuality and the state are mutually constituted and provides nuanced analysis of the heterogeneity of contemporary homosexualities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China. In applying a new sociological approach to understanding sexuality, this research joins the growing body of scholarship within sociology that is decentring the Western formation of universal knowledge.

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China’s Search for Cultural and National Identity from the 19<sup>th</sup> Century to the Present

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Contesting Chineseness: An Examination of Religion and National Identity in Mainland China

Contesting Chineseness: An Examination of Religion and National Identity in Mainland China

O poder militar do Sol Nascente: o Japão, a militarização e o entorno regional

Transnational queer sociological analysis of sexual identity and civic‐political activism in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China

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